anthropomorphise
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ise.
Verb
[edit]anthropomorphise (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphises, present participle anthropomorphising, simple past and past participle anthropomorphised)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
- 2013 November 12, Nathalia Gjersoe, “How gullible are we when it comes to robots?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Certainly we seem to readily anthropomorphise inanimate objects […]
- 2018 June 15, Emma Brockes, “No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing”, in The Guardian[2]:
- It has been two months since I last checked my feed, during which time Facebook has sent me notifications I didn't sign up for, informing me every time someone posts, and invited me to attend locally organised focus groups. […] Of course, I am anthropomorphising a machine; no one is in charge of all this.